WORKHOUSE


Meaning of WORKHOUSE in English

work ‧ house /ˈwɜːkhaʊs $ ˈwɜːrk-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

a building in Britain in the past where very poor people lived if they had nowhere else to go SYN poorhouse

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